Alright, Ill bite. UnfairRep, heres the issue I have with your views on the slogan.
Its agreed upon that if substantial changes and reform to law enforcement are going to happen, this is going to require effort from everyone, not just African-Americans. The prevailing message of the protests against police brutality is that Were all in this together.
The message behind #BlackLivesMatter is not difficult to explain to people. When you said the #BLM slogan is confusing to some people, it was suggested that you explain to those people what it means. Your response was essentially, Why dont YOU explain it to them? Its YOUR movement! Either that or pick a new slogan.
By suggesting #BLM should change the slogan instead of you doing the bare minimum of explaining a simple issue to someone who doesnt understand it, youve distanced yourself from the movement entirely. By suggesting that education of the issue at hand falls solely on black folk, it betrays the message of everyones in this together. Youve come across as someone who will support the #BLM until youre mildly inconvenienced, at which point youll throw all responsibility back on African-Americans.
Im not trying to start an argument or suggest the above reflects who you are as a person. Im just trying to explain how your comments have come across.
Thanks man. I no longer have the patience with people to try to reason with them anymore. I'm so tired of it. The past week has been a shit show and I'm tired of entertaining and educating people.